The Professor and the Madman
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Professor and the Madman |
| Original title | The Professor and the Madman |
| Country of production |
United States , Ireland |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 125 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Farhad Safinia |
| script |
Farhad Safinia , Todd Komarnicki |
| production |
Nicolas Chartier , Gastón Pavlovich |
| music | Bear McCreary |
| camera | Kasper Andersen |
| cut | John Gilbert |
| occupation | |
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The Professor and the Madman is a biography of the Iranian - American director Farhad Safinia (under the pseudonym PB Shemran) from 2019. The film is based on the book The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Todd Komarnicki . Mel Gibson and Sean Penn can be seen in the leading roles .
action
In 1857, James Murray , professor of philology , began collecting words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary . In addition to the standard language, Murray also wants to include the language of the common people in the work, and list each word with an example quote and its etymological derivation. He gets help with this mammoth project from an ominous Dr. William C. Minor , who has sent him 10,000 contributions over the years. Murray does not learn until much later that his supporter is incarcerated in a high security psychiatric ward for offenders for murder.
reception
The Professor and the Madman received mostly negative reviews and has an aggregate approval rating of 38% from 16 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes . Variety's Jay Weissberg wrote that Gibson was good, but everything else in the film didn't work. The dialogues are uninspired and the editing is bad.
Web links
- The Professor and the Madman in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The Professor and the Madman in the Movie Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jay Weissberg: Film Review: Mel Gibson in 'The Professor and the Madman'. In: Variety . April 11, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .